Lead Software Engineer, Backend

PLT Engineering; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 600,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PLT Engineering in Jakarta is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to join our Tech Family. You will develop scalable backend systems powering Southeast Asia products and take ownership of complex problems end to end.

You will lead design discussions, ensure high-quality code through reviews, and collaborate with product, mobile, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable payment-related experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable backend systems.
• Strong understanding of design and architectural trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and operation of scalable backend services and platform components.
• Convert product requirements into technical solutions and drive design discussions.
• Oversee delivery of high-quality code with testing, performance, observability, and reviews.
• Partner with product, business, mobile, web, data, and infra teams to solve end-to-end challenges.
• Improve service reliability through monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Participate in on-call rotation and take ownership during production incidents.
• Guide engineers through coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Identify ongoing improvements in engineering processes and system health.

Skills

Backend development

System design

Code reviews

Mentorship

On-call ownership

Observability

Job description

At Financial Services, the Payment team builds end-to-end payment experiences and platforms that help merchants accept payments and grow across Southeast Asia. We empower frictionless checkouts with configurable, developer-friendly capabilities—so partners can embed payments and iterate quickly. From QR payments to lending repayments and in-person acceptance flows, we work across multiple payment journeys to deliver reliable user and merchant outcomes.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for a experienced and passionate backend engineer to join our Tech Family. You will develop scalable backend systems that power products used by millions of people across Southeast Asia. You will be expected to take ownership of complex technical problems end to end, drive high-quality execution, and raise the engineering bar through strong technical judgment, collaboration, and mentorship. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be based in our Jakarta Office

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Lead the design, and operation of scalable, maintainable, and reliable backend services and platform components.
• Convert product and requirements into technical solutions while driving design discussions and architectural trade-offs.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality code by maintaining standards in testing, performance, observability, and rigorous code reviews.
• Partner with product, business, mobile, web, data, and infrastructure teams to solve end-to-end-user and system challenges.
• Improve service reliability through monitoring, proactive system health fixes, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation and take active ownership during production incidents.
• Guide engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and guide ongoing improvements in engineering processes, developer productivity, and overall system health.